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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a frequent subject of Lu Hsun's work?
(a) Poverty and the struggle that results from it.
(b) The class system.
(c) Ships and sailing.
(d) The beauty of the natural world.

2. George Orwell is not the real name of the author, and yet it is used in place of the author's real name for published works. What is "George Orwell" an example of?
(a) A penciled-in name.
(b) A fabled name.
(c) A trick name.
(d) A pen name.

3. What subject chiefly interests George Orwell?
(a) Unexplained phenomenon.
(b) Politics.
(c) America.
(d) Love.

4. How does Lu Hsun's work create trouble for him?
(a) His work caused him to be ridiculed by members of his home town.
(b) His work revealed money laundering schemes that led to his arrest.
(c) His work is criticized by the Communist government.
(d) His work revealed that he had a mistress, causing his wife to leave him.

5. When does the execution take place in "The Execution of Tropmann?"
(a) 1547 A.D.
(b) 345 A.D.
(c) 1870 A.D.
(d) 1952 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Virginia Woolf have to deal with at several times in her life?

2. Who wrote "For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business?"

3. Who wrote "Going Out for a Walk?"

4. When was Virginia Woolf born?

5. What might best describe the attitude of the author in "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Junichiro Tanizaki's contribution to world literature? How has Tanizaki's writing style been characterized?

2. What is Jose Luis Borges' perspective on his own increasing blindness, as revealed in his essay "Blindness?"

3. What is the subject of Junichiro Tanizaki's "In Praise of Shadows?" What hope does Tanizaki express at the end of the essay?

4. What is Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys..." about? What complaints does Orwell have about the subject?

5. What tone is Max Beerbohm famous for in his essays?

6. What is Ivan Turgenev's opinion of capital punishment? How did Turgenev believe servants should be treated?

7. What is the subject of Krim's "For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business"? What feelings does Krim express in the essay?

8. What kind of literature did Virginia Woolf write? What was a common focus that united her work?

9. What is Robert Louis Stevenson best known for today?

10. What style is James Thurber known for? What was a common theme in Thurber's writing?

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